This webinar addresses implications for public health and PHN practice presented by the Core Competencies for Public Health Nursing, applicability for advanced practice public health nursing certification, and how these competencies may prepare PHNs for leadership in public health accreditation.

Program Objectives
After watching this broadcast participants will be able to:

Describe the three tiers of revised Core Competencies for Public Health Nursing.

Compare the 2012 Core Competencies for Public Health Nursing with the 2003 PHN competencies.

Identify implications of the revised Core Competencies for Public Health Nursing for education, leadership, practice, and research

Apply the Core Competencies for Public Health Nursing to public health practice.

Relate the Core Competencies for Public Health Nursing in Tiers 2 & 3 to public health accreditation.

Program Note: The CoL competencies have been updated but the Quad Council Core Competencies for Public Health Nurses Remain the same.

The planners, moderator, and presenters do not have any financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial entities whose products, research or services may be discussed in this activity.

No commercial funding has been accepted for this activity.

Continuing Nurse Education Contact Hours

The University at Albany School of Public Health is an Approved Provider of continuing nurse education by the Northeast Multi-State Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.